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Grandmaster and renowned chess coach Zenon Franco provides a
training course designed to help all aspiring players to improve
their chess. During each lesson, you are invited to play a 'game'
in which you try to find the best moves at all the important
moments. Points are awarded for selecting the best moves - and are
deducted for selecting blunders! At the end of each lesson there is
a points scale to indicate how well you have 'played'. This means
you are able to accurately measure your progress as you work
through the book. Readers are tested in all aspects of chess:
attack, defence, counterattack, tactics, structures, strategy,
endgames and so on. Following this interactive course of lessons is
an ideal way to improve your game. *A structured course of chess
training *Includes 40 deeply annotated exercise games *Ideal for
both chess students and trainers
Boris Spassky is one of the greatest chess players in the history
of the game. He was the World Champion for three years, after
winning the title by beating Tigran Petrosian. His name is forever
linked with his great rival Bobby Fischer and their epic 1972
'Match of the Century', which did so much to popularize the game
throughout the world. Over the board, Spassky is renowned for his
universal style, as he was equally skilled in all phases on the
game. In Spassky's best games his pieces seemed to combine together
in perfect harmony, and he produced a number of memorable
masterpieces. In this book, Grandmaster Zenon Franco examines in
detail Spassky's chess style, selects and studies his favorite
Spassky games, and demonstrates how we can all improve our chess by
learning from Spassky's play. Move by Move provides an ideal
platform to study chess. By continually challenging the reader to
answer probing questions throughout the book, the Move by Move
format greatly encourages the learning and practicing of vital
skills just as much as the traditional assimilation of knowledge.
Carefully selected questions and answers are designed to keep you
actively involved and allow you to monitor your progress as you
learn. This is an excellent way to improve your chess skills and
knowledge. *Learn from the games of a chess legend *Important ideas
absorbed by continued practice *Utilizes an ideal approach to chess
study
Viswanathan Anand is undoubtedly one of the World's greatest ever
chess players. He first shot to fame in his youth, when he
enthralled the chess public with his results and his amazing speed
of play. He became India's first ever grandmaster, at the age of
eighteen. He has won five World Championships, and was the
undisputed World Champion from 2007 to 2013. He's been the World
number one ranked player and one of the very few to break the 2800
rating barrier. His renowned versatility has help him to become
successful in all forms of the game: tournament play, match play,
knockout and rapidplay. In this book, Grandmaster Zenon Franco
examines in detail Anand's chess career to date. He selects and
studies his favourite Anand games, and demonstrates clearly how we
can all improve our chess by learning from Anand's play. Move by
Move provides an ideal platform to study chess. By continually
challenging the reader to answer probing questions throughout the
book, the Move by Move format greatly encourages the learning and
practising of vital skills just as much as the traditional
assimilation of knowledge. Carefully selected questions and answers
are designed to keep you actively involved and allow you to monitor
your progress as you learn. This is an excellent way to improve
your chess skills and knowledge. *Learn from the games of a chess
legend *Important ideas absorbed by continued practice *Utilizes an
ideal approach to chess study
I was lucky enough to play against six world champions and several
top players in my modest chess career, but the greatest player I
feel privileged to have known, to have spent time with him, was
Miguel Najdorf, "El Viejo". This is a chess book, with 275
commented games, it covers all his chess career, but it has also
many stories. Najdorf was the most important Argentinean chess
player, and he was an exceptional person. Oscar Panno said that
Najdorf reminded him of Don Quixote, in the part of the book where
he tells Sancho Panza, "Wherever I am, that is where the head of
the table is going to be". He successfully overcame the most
terrible setbacks, as few are capable of doing. Writing about
Miguel Najdorf is one of my greatest pleasures as a chess
journalist and writer! Zenon Franco Ocampos, April 2021.
Paul Morphy is a chess legend and without doubt one of the greatest
players in the history of the game. His understanding of the game
was years ahead of his time and in his era he was easily the best
player in the world. His chess career was brief but brilliant and
he influenced all the great champions who came after him. His
legacy includes a treasure trove of wonderful strategic and
attacking games which are highly instructive for all aspiring chess
players. In this book, Grandmaster Zenon Franco examines in detail
Morphy's chess style, selects and studies his favourite Morphy
games, and demonstrates how we can all improve our chess by
learning from Morphy's masterpieces. Move by Move provides an ideal
platform to study chess. By continually challenging the reader to
answer probing questions throughout the book, the Move by Move
format greatly encourages the learning and practising of vital
skills just as much as the traditional assimilation of knowledge.
Carefully selected questions and answers are designed to keep you
actively involved and allow you to monitor your progress as you
learn. This is an excellent way to improve your chess skills and
knowledge. *Learn from the games of a chess legend *Important ideas
absorbed by continued practice *Utilizes an ideal approach to chess
study
The idea behind this book is for you to 'play' as in a real game,
and it is my job to ensure you have a pleasant time while training.
I suggest you take at least an hour and a half for each game and as
your coach I will indicate when to guess the moves. Sometimes there
will be suggestions - including tricky ones - to measure your
concentration level. The ideas behind the moves are always
explained. Points are awarded for the 'right answers' as well as
for some other moves, and at the end there is a general assessment
plus a review of some of the things to be learned from the game.
During my coaching period I was able to witness how motivating it
is for kids to receive points for the right answers, their 'lives
are at stake' when they try to find the answers, and it is a
challenge much appreciated by them. Later I also noticed a similar
effect with adults although, unlike the kids, the older students
try to hide it. The final score is not that important; it is not
scientifically based. But of course the more points you get the
better you 'would have played'. The effort you put into trying to
find the best move every time is what matters most. I firmly
believe it really helps to learn a little more about playing chess
with every game. The methodology recommended for solving the
exercises is the 'old-school' one of using a piece of paper to
cover the text and scrolling down the page as you advance.
Akiba Rubinstein is a famous figure in the in the history of chess.
At his peak, he was arguably the strongest player in the World, and
only the outbreak of World War I deprived him of the opportunity to
challenge his main rival Emanuel Lasker for the World Championship
title. Rubinstein was an exceptionally talented player whose legacy
includes many truly brilliant games. He helped to develop several
chess openings and is widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest
endgame players of all time. In this book, Grandmaster Zenon Franco
selects and examines his favorite Rubinstein games, and
demonstrates how we can all learn and improve our chess by studying
Rubinstein's masterpieces. Move by Move provides an ideal platform
to study chess. By continually challenging the reader to answer
probing questions throughout the book, the Move by Move format
greatly encourages the learning and practicing of vital skills just
as much as the traditional assimilation of knowledge. Carefully
selected questions and answers are designed to keep you actively
involved and allow you to monitor your progress as you learn. This
is an excellent way to improve your chess skills and knowledge.
*Learn from the games of a chess legend *Important ideas absorbed
by continued practice *Utilizes an ideal approach to chess study
Estonian grandmaster Paul Keres is one of the greatest players in
chess history. Along with Viktor Korchnoi he is one of the best
never to have gained the ultimate title of world champion. He was
numbered among the very top players in the world for more than
three decades. He was an unusually well-rounded chessplayer,
writing numerous books and, additionally, also composing problems
and endgame studies. Paraguay grandmaster, Zenon Franco has long
been a fan of Paul Keres and has now collected together 38 of his
finest games, along with numerous extracts from other encounters.
----- The Move by Move series provides an ideal format for the keen
chessplayer to improve their game. While reading you are
continually challenged to answer probing questions - a method that
greatly encourages the learning and practising of vital skills just
as much as the traditional assimilation of chess knowledge.
Carefully selected questions and answers are designed to keep you
actively involved and allow you to monitor your progress as you
learn. This is an excellent way to study chess while providing the
best possible chance to retain what has been learnt.
"First the idea and then the move!" Miguel Najdorf used to say in
his habitually enthusiastic fashion; that statement is the perfect
summary of planning in chess. Planning is of crucial importance in
chess and yet this is an area that has not been well discussed or
explained to ambitious players who wish to improve. A very well
known saying in chess is "Better a bad plan than no plan at all".
Playing without a plan - effectively staggering from one move to
the next - is a recipe for disaster. It is essential to have some
kind of idea of what you are trying to achieve and how to go about
it. However, planning is not a straightforward matter. A good plan
might be very short, lasting just two or three moves. Another plan
might require almost an entire game to implement. A plan can be
highly ambitious and complex or somewhat modest and simple. In
chess, as in life, circumstances can change quickly and when they
do, new plans are needed. How is a player expected to juggle all
these different concepts while dealing with the immediate problems
posed by the opponent's most recent move? In this book, grandmaster
and experienced author Zenon Franco explains planning in detail. He
organises material in terms of: typical structures, advantage in
space, manoeuvring play, simplification and, finally attack and
defence. Using games played by elite players he explains how plans
are formed and carried out in these different scenarios. If you
want to take your game to the next level, then Planning Move by
Move will enable you to do this.
Emanuel Lasker was world champion for a remarkable 27 years
(1894-1921) and is generally regarded as having been way ahead of
his time in his understanding of chess. He primarily regarded chess
as a fight and considered that the strongest move in a position was
the one that created greatest problems for the opponent and not
necessarily the one that was objectively "best". His strengths
included: ----- * His skill at accumulating small advantages with
quiet manoeuvring. --- * His astonishing ability to find tactical
resources in defence. --- * His uncanny knack of provoking errors
in balanced positions. ----- Lasker was, essentially, a complete
chessplayer and his games feel thoroughly modern. Indeed many
contemporary elite players (the most obvious one being the current
world champion Magnus Carlsen) exhibit a very similar style. -----
The Move by Move series provides an ideal format for the keen
chessplayer to improve their game. While reading you are
continually challenged to answer probing questions - a method that
greatly encourages the learning and practising of vital skills just
as much as the traditional assimilation of chess knowledge.
Carefully selected questions and answers are designed to keep you
actively involved and allow you to monitor your progress as you
learn. This is an excellent way to study chess while providing the
best possible chance to retain what has been learnt.
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